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Yannis Smaragdis

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Yannis Smaragdis

Born April 25, 1946 · Gonies, Heraklio, Greece (age 80)

Yannis Smaragdis was born in Crete in 1946. He studied Film in Greece and France. He made his first appearance in 1972 with the short film Two Three Things..., which received the first prize at the Athens Film Festival, as well as a Special Mention at the Montreal Film Festival. Iannis Smaragdis' career has been full of creativity and counts many successes. His most significant features are Cavafy…

Known For

Kapodistrias: The GovernorKapodistrias: The Governor · 2025
Kapodistrias: The Governor
★ 4.22025
MovieHistoryDrama
The story of the statesman Ioannis Kapodistrias from his time as foreign minister of Russia all the way to Greece's independence in the 1820s.
God Loves CaviarGod Loves Caviar · 2012
God Loves Caviar
★ 5.42012
MovieAdventureHistory
The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
The Travelling PlayersThe Travelling Players · 1975
The Travelling Players
★ 7.21975
MovieDramaWar
A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.
El GrecoEl Greco · 2007
El Greco
★ 6.02007
MovieDramaHistory
The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
KazantzakisKazantzakis · 2017
Kazantzakis
★ 6.02017
MovieHistory
The true story of the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century, Nikos Kazantzakis, based on his work, Report to Greco, which is, essentially, his autobiography.
Thus Spoke the CityThus Spoke the City · 1990
Thus Spoke the City
1990
Movie
32 film essays. Poets and Cities.
CavafyCavafy · 1996
Cavafy
★ 4.21996
MovieDrama
An ailing, elderly poet reminisces about his life of unrest and homosexual urges.
The Song Of ReturnThe Song Of Return · 1983
The Song Of Return
★ 7.51983
MovieDrama
Two years after the establishment of the junta of the colonels, a resistance fighter leaves for Sweden. After 14 years of exile, the return to Greece is painful. His girlfriend has been married, while his friends have completely changed.

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